Fitting a pre-hung door

TimCrow

Any help would be appreciated!

I am going to fit a pre-hung doors in the house. My issue is how to fix the frame to the wall. There will be a gap of about 10mm on each side.

Do I just use a piece of timber to wedge it in and screw the frame to the wall through that?

Thanks.

Carpenter

You sure do cut a packer 10mm and slide it in and after the door is up fit your architrave and you will see no packer .

TimCrow

Carpenter wrote: »

You sure do cut a packer 10mm and slide it in and after the door is up fit your architrave and you will see no packer .

Thanks.

I was 99% sure I was right but needed reassurance!

jack of all

If it was my own house I would put a dab of construction adhesive on the packer/ gap before driving it in, otherwise packer can shrink in time (or if it splits when driving frame-fixing through) and work loose, possibly leading to a slightly loose frame/ lining on the hinge side.

genuine leather

To add to the previous good advice.
When the frame is fitted and fixed home,before fitting architrave, using the the proper application gun(and foam), i will always to run a bead of expanding foam around the door,imo it makes for a really solid job.

I would also,before fixing, check the head of the door for level, if there is more than a few milimeters you may have to adjust either of the door jams and bottom of door to keep the margins nice and neat.

TimCrow

Thanks for all the advice!